For Practitioners

How To Respond To A Family Member Steeped In Addiction

A personal tale of two choices, and when the hardest decision is the honorable one.

4 years ago

The Subtle Signs of Brewing Violence May Be Seen, But Not Always

It’s open season for killers with automatic assault weapons who, in too many instances, don’t require a license, a background…

4 years ago

Interesting Findings Of Weekend Only Drinking

In their provocative recent report, researchers observe that “a significant amount of binge drinking among adults escapes public health scrutiny” because…

4 years ago

Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health

Artificial intelligence and machine learning-driven analyses can help to assess mental health.

4 years ago

Why Is There No True, Empathic Patient Engagement or Is There?”

Healthcare professionals have entered a field where empathy, compassion, and an ability to relate well to patients are implicitly mandated.

4 years ago

Has Therapeutic Touch Lost Its Way in Medicine? Or Is It Lawsuits?

Touch has become a subject of lawsuits and medical interventions. The MeToo movement pulled touch into an unexpected, negative spotlight in our culture.

4 years ago

Aiding and Abetting a Virus

Viruses are the ultimate freeloaders. The best among them — influenza, smallpox and SARS-CoV-2 — spread easily among human hosts…

4 years ago

“Deaf” Physicians’ Failure to Listen to Seriously Ill Patients

Too often, women’s medical concerns face a healthcare bias; lack of belief. When this happens, as in a recent case of…

4 years ago

Five Things to Consider When Being Admitted to Hospital

If you are in hospital, it can be hard to cope, let alone focus on key tasks needed to help…

4 years ago

Cabin Fever Ravages Us as It Makes Itself Known Again Everywhere

The virus and its variants now swirling around the globe have apparent symptoms both visible and hidden, and it may be the hidden…

4 years ago

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